so were more than 100 civilians and philippine troops. after the latest siege in marawi, the philippines has from america in its ongoing fight against islamic extremists. at a recent hearing in the u.s., joints chiefs of staff vice chairman general paul selva suggested that with isis now moving into the philippines, it might be time for a new commitment. or else, he said, there would be a possible long-term catastrophe. gen. selva: in every case where we see that the resurgence of terror networks, particularly in the fragile areas of the southern philippines, i think it's worth considering whether or not we reinstate a named operation. sharyl: the ongoing battle is what prompted philippine president rodrigo duterte to declare emergency martial law in may in the muslim-majority region. it allows the military to act as the police and to make arrests without warrants. the declaration of martial law has sparked some criticism, both in the philippines and internationally. we were there in july when their congress voted overwhelmingly to extend

, what we call the west philippine sea. now you haven't heard any mention of that at all, right? so how do we redefine power and relationships in this new thing. will business decide it all? and if that's the case, how do you define corruption issues, for example? these have not really been addressed. >> gwynn -- and this is my last question for you. given that president does seem to have a warm rapport with president trump, do you think the philippines will be more assertive in pushing back against chinese military expansion in the south china sea, or will that not happen because the philippine president is afraid of the consequences? >> in some ways in economics, this is a better place for the philippines. not only do we still have the united states, and even insecurity and morale with the united states played a role in that. but now china is much more aggressively working with and bringing in investments. and here is the wild card, russia. all of the sudden when president trump duterte went to beijing on a state visit, h

president donald trump meets his philippines counterpart but we go to terence a outside the summit of asian leaders in manila hundreds of protesters demonstrating against their policy. i'm brian thomas thanks for being with us rescuers are scrambling at this hour to help the earthquake victims on the iran iraq border now that after a seven point three magnitude quake struck about thirty kilometers from the iraqi town of law late sunday a rainy and fishel say the tremor killed at least three hundred people in iran alone a baghdad has yet to report an official death toll but hundreds of iraqis are known to have been injured. when the earth began to shake the shoppers began to run. other states. this reporter escaped injury as the tremor shook his studio. and baghdad these residents knew all too well how quakes can turn buildings into death traps. suddenly the glass is dropped off the table that was very strange the fog was shaking we were so afraid that we had to run out of the house because our house is an old one. you know but most of the many others were not so lucky in iran hospital

sea issue for the philippines but we all know that for china u.s. meddling is a bit of a nonstarter so that has to be carefully balanced at the same time president again in his speech this afternoon said that he had a discussion with the chinese president and they both agreed to set that agreement or that the winning winning ruling of the philippines from the hague they agreed to set it aside because they wanted to avoid escalation of tensions in the region so there's a little bit of confusion we'll see over the next couple of days where that goes but i definitely think that the west philippine sea will be something that's on the table over the next couple of days right obviously trump is in manila with other regional leaders for this summit what are they going to focus on. well there is also the need to focus on better cohesion within the region when it comes to counterterrorism that's also on the table. fallback for the hash using territory in the middle east the timing of that kind of coincided when i says affiliated fighters took over morocco he

in the philippines? >> in the philippines, three years. >> anthony: where have you worked?ife spent abroad. what kind of work did you do? >> i did the house keeping. >> anthony: the money she sent home put everybody here and many, many more through school, lifted them up to a more comfortable life. >> anthony: you left your family behind to go out there and make money. that's never an easy decision. a painful, painful choice. aurora's children, now middle aged, are finally getting to know their mother. >> okay. bring the food inside. >> anthony: many, many, many filipino women, like you, who had to leave their families, go abroad. >> yeah, absolutely. three children. my eldest is about four years in qatar and the other one is in hong kong and the other is two years. >> anthony: working conditions particularly in some gulf states, can be punishing at best, abusive or worse. >> i'm a single mom with my two grandchildren. i really worked a lot, especially this holiday season. >> anthony: still, due to lack of opportunity at home, many filipinos have little choice but to go som

>> the philippines always has. but keep in mind president duterte is an extremely popular president. one of the surveys pointed out he is the most popular of our last three presidents. he holds from 72 to 80% approval ratings. i think it goes to a question of values. the fact that the united states did not bring it up. again, former president barack obama expected the former u.s. ambassador, that was expected. but i think what you're seeing is not just in the philippines, but globally there is this kind of turn that is more personality driven. and so the questions many filipinos have here is what are the values that will guide both the united states and the philippines? having said that, president duterte has also been extremely important in a pivot of the philippines from the united states to china and russia. that's something president duterte himself brought up. and that has changed the geopolitical power balance around the south china sea, what we call the west philippine sea, and around the region. so a lot of

how important is the philippines to the u.s.? >> philippines right now is critical.ause china is trying to take over the south china sea. that is a body of water which somewhere between $3 trillion and $5 trillion of commerce passes each year. they are now threatening second thomas shol, two features part of the philippines. the united states needs to oppose that. and to oppose it, we need the help of manila. so this is absolutely essential for the united states. duterte is just by nature anti-american. he has been that way for his entire life. but the united states by failing to protect the philippines over the last five or ten years really has actually given duterte reasons to not like us, reasons to move closer to china and moscow. we certainly do not want that. >> and we do know president trump had on offered to mediate relations between china and philippines. do you think that he could actually do that and pull it off? >> no, china won't allow it. and also the offer to do that is inappropriate. there has been an arbitration between the chinese and the filipinos,

there they were, on philippine television. incomprehensible images, gerfa's and kevin's passports, their half-packed suitcases. the stricken relatives they'd been visiting on tictabon, a small island at the tip of southern philippines. gerfa, kevin and one of gerfa's young cousins, said the news reports, kidnapped by boat in the dead of night. >> i was thinking, no, that doesn't happen to us! >> well, nobody thinks it's gonna happen to us, right? >> yeah, but my wife's heart is in the philippines. that's her family. >> gerfa was born in the philippines. had always felt safe there. her older sister married a u.s. navy sailor and moved to america in 1985. and brought then 16-year-old gerfa with her, hoping to give her a chance at a better life. >> she was so excited about the opportunity. i remember she worked a lil' caesar's pizza and that was the greatest thing to get a job. >> she had a son, josh, went back to community college to improve herself. and there she met a german immigrant named heiko. and from then on, that was it

come out of his meeting here in the philippines? >>> talk to administration officials, one of the discussions has been surrounding trade and the economy. the other big topic has been north korea, as well. i think on the first half of the president's trip a big focus on kim jong-un. the president's speech this morning saying he would never call him short and fat. the leader of north korea, of course. but i think that when you shift into the second part of this trip as we have done here in vietnam and in the fill pence the focus is going to be more on trade, more on the imbalances that the countries the president is visiting and talking to and the united states. again, gordon talked about the trans-pacific partnership and what that has done to some other relationships in the region. that is going to be critical as you look ahead. i think if you ask people outside the administration, if you ask analysts and he perts, especially human rights advocates they are looking to see how human rights comes up. there's always, listen, rodrigo dut

president dollars for trump's visit to the philippines now and there have been clashes between police and demonstrators in central manila as the u.s. president met his counterparts at a regional summit regional security there a very high teams using water cannon on the anti trump demonstrators in the filipino capital protesters are angry over the president's visit they say it will worsen the human rights situation in the country away from the crowds leaders took part in the opening ceremony for the two day summit trump also met his filipino counterpart rodrigo to terror on the sidelines of the event describing their relationship as great afterwards and while the white house has been saying that the president would be taking up the issue of human rights in all let's go now to the deputy director of the asia division of human rights watch feel i'm kind joins us from bangkok thanks for being with us this morning president to territories war and drugs the extrajudicial killings of cost thousands of lives do you see president trump addressing that in manila. it's pretty clear that the pres

summit as the venue to drive to the human rights crisis in the philippines that's been brought about by president detect as war on drugs what about the reception that donald trump received as detectors government believe he really has one to trump over well you know it was you're talking about the protesters the message to him is clearly he is not welcome but you contrast that with the welcome that the president of the philippines president the charity has given him and you see really a lot of water you saw a lot of ribbing between the two men joking president child came in a traditional barrow took a lot he was also if you say been sprayed is using suppressive terms like tremendous fantastic so it seems that there is a warm relationship between the two men and that wasn't enjoyed by the predecessor of president trump i know we saw some of those images of the protests about where do most filipinos stand on donald trump. well the most filipinos don't trust him i have to state that. we got from a lot of the protesters was. distrust that americans feel for is something that they can ide

leaders to the region and decades and has an ambitious agenda he was welcomed to the philippines by his host president's words rigo detent say the two will attend to the audience on most of asia pacific leaders and they're also expected to hold bilateral talks. the protesters were ready for him flag burning and band trumped chance met by police water cannons in manila president trump has arrived in the philippines the last stop on his five country twelve day visit to asia. at the dinner the mood was considerably more serene with trump in town the southeast asian development and cooperation group is holding its thirty first summit and marking its fiftieth anniversary despite the display of unity several of those states are in fierce competition for regional influence china has made sweeping claims to the south china sea something the philippines and other regional nations vigorously dispute trump said he'd like to mediate the tense situation an offer that was hardly embraced by philippine president. but the left. either. human rights observers are waiting to see what if any criticism tru

us where he's expected to hold a one on one with the philippines president fredricka. it's the last week of his thirteen day asia tour. that's all for now but they sure to tune in for a more news at the top of the hour and meantime you can log on t v dot com for more news updates thanks for watching. q what does a football loving country need to reach its goals q i will tell you.

>> tonight here in the philippines is the easiest part. it's dinner that he is going to have and then he turns in for an early night. the president, of course, a busy day tomorrow. he has bilateral meetings with the prime minister of australia and india. everybody is looking at the meeting with rodrigo deter -- duterte. human rights groups around the world have been pointing the spotlight on this for well over a year now as duterte administration has targeted not only drug dealers but drug users as well with killings and overcrowding jails and it just has been a chorus of condemnation from across the world from human rights group. the white house says the president plans to bring that up with president duterte but how does he do that? does he make a public statement about that? the interesting more so because the white house also says that president trump has a warm rapport with the president of the philippines and so how does that complicate this issue moving forward and how willing will president trump be to address these allegations? we

the human rights concerns are awful in the philippines. what the obama administration tried to do was to try to step back a little bit from some of the cooperation with the philippines on the security side while making sure we were not andrmining our interests not publicly embracing president duterte. what president trump has done so president duterte date, not raise any concerns about his human rights record. confusing signal and will be detrimental to our interests. a warmer trump has had personal relationship with president duterte. at the moment, there is less friction and tension in the bilateral relationship. on the military side, we continue to move toward in terms of the cooperation between our on theies in making good deal that was a military deal struck under the obama administration with the previous philippines administration to boost military cooperation between the countries. that is a good thing. is a lack of ag concern on the united states part about the human rights. is in missouri. caller: hello. i'm sorry that you are no

just president donald trump meets his philippines counterpart barbara go to terror tape but outside the summit of asian leaders in manila under the protesters demonstrate against their pulse and. and lebanon's former prime minister speaks out saying he will come home soon song or e rejects claims that he's being held against his will by saudi arabia. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show while rescuers at this hour are scrambling to help the quake victims on the iran iraq border that's after a seven point three magnitude quake struck around thirty kilometers from the iraqi town of labia late on sunday a rainy and state media saying the tremor killed at least two hundred people in iran alone while baghdad has yet to report an official death toll but hundreds of iraqis are known to have been injured. when the earth began to shake the shoppers began to run. other states. this reporter escaped injury as the tremor shook his studio. heard it up. and baghdad these residents knew all too well how quakes can turn buildings until death traps. suddenly the glasses dropped off the table that

sharyl: jeepney riders are the philippine working class.n you're aboard, it's hard to get a glimpse outside. the only view is face to face, knee to knee, of the person hot. sharyl: through slick and modern manila, we cut a colorful path through the evening commute. our jeepney arrives at what we think is our stop without announcement. and we exit into the less stifling evening air. >> bye, thank you. sharyl: a uniquely manila experience. a lot of fun. next week, we retrace the president's trip to explain how china's play to control the region may impact us at home. what do these other southeast asian nations do with two great world powers trying to befriend and court them? >> the 10 countries in southeast asia really don't want to choose. trade is promiscuous. you can trade with as many partners as you'd like. some countries have found the united states less willing to engage them, you know, and so they've been engaging far more with chi sharyl: until next week thanks , for watching, i'm sharyl attkisson. . >> from washington d.c. and aroun

according to the philippine palace, it did not arise. this of course all in response to what has been, as you said, a bloody drug war here. duterte very proudly going after what he says are the people behind the drug scourge in this country, killing thousands, much criticized by human rights activists because these have happened without benefit of judge or jury. here's what the philippine spokesman for duterte had to say. i'm quoting here. that trump appeared sympathetic, in fact, when duterte discussed the drug menace and did not have any official position on the matter and was merely nodding his head, indicating that he understood the domestic problem that we have faced on drugs. now, publicly at joint statements we just heard, the two men talked about the economy. the president largely praising what's going on back home. take a listen. >> i want to thank you for your incredible hospitality and the show last night, the talent at that show. i assume mostly from the philippines, was fantastic. thank you. and you were fantastic also. very

in the philippines?tayed there for almost 30 years. >> anthony: aurora is recently back in manila after most of her life spent abroad. what kind of work were you doing? >> aurora: i did the housekeeping, you know, and babysitting. >> anthony: the money she sent home put everybody here and many, many more through school, lifted them up to a more comfortable life. and you would have left family behind? >> aurora: yeah. >> anthony: to go out there and make money. that's never an easy decision, a painful, painful choice. aurora's children, now middle-aged, are finally getting to know their mother. >> aurora: okay, okay, okay. bring in the food inside. >> anthony: many, many, many filipino women like you who had to leave their families, go abroad. >> aurora: yeah, absolutely yes. >> analyn: her three children. >> emy: children -- my eldest is about four years now in qatar, and the other one is two years, and the other one is in hong kong. >> anthony: working conditions, for ofws, particularly in some gulf sta

for the philippine daily inquirer.e has been documenting the governments war on drugs, now a freelance photographer. president trump is set to meet with philippines president roderigo duterte this weekend during his five nation tour of asia, which includes a stop in the philippines to attend a summit meeting of pacific rim leaders. 7000 people have been killed by police vigilantes in duterte so-called war on drugs. when we come back, 350.org founder bill mckibben as we had off to bonn, germany, for the u.n. climate summit. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: performer the filipino musician. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman. we and the show by looking at the yuan, summit in bonn, germany. we will be broadcasting on the next week from bonn. there will be a number of u.s. delegations, despite the fact president trump said he is pulling the u.s. out of the landmark 2015 paris climate accorord. the trump adadnistrationon is sending officials to push coal, gas, nuclear power during a presentation at the summit. the pres

relies on the philippines and their bases in the philippines to project power and the region but the philippines because of its location in the south china sea and in the pacific and its utility as a host of massive u.s. military bases serves as a result stronghold of u.s. influence which many see as having declined in comparison to a rising china but in twenty fifteen the the philippines were handed a world court they said that they have the right to the territorial dispute there china laws but to tear came into power and now he just said he basically said i don't want to fight over this when china pushed to territory by announcing it would develop islands just outside the philippines maritime borders the brash filipino back down what do you want me to do declare war against china he said i can't we will lose all our military and policemen tomorrow we will be destroyed as a nation so you know if you just return to the negotiating table and just did they're doing deals because. you know people want to just move forward in progress they don't want to get stuck into a conflict over lit

for an terror to the philippines. backnts to bring [indiscernible] these are things that are not beneficial to the filipino people. amy: president trump was in manila for the opening of a summit of the association of southeast asian nations or asean. the regional body is facing criticism for failing to address the crisis in burma where the united nations has accused the burma ofobama of -- waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the rohingya muslims. burmese leader and nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu kyi spoke in manila but did not mention the crisis. aung san suu kyi was once a critic of asean's policy of non-interference. in 1999, when she was fighting for democracy in burma, she wrote -- "this policy of non-interference is just an excuse for not helping. in this day anand age,e, you cat avoid interference in the matters of other countries." in other news from asia, the u.s. and north korea openly traded insults over the weekend. north korea described trump as a warmonger and an old lunatic. trump resp

where he's expected to hold a one on one with philippines president fredricka. it's the last like of his thirteen day and shit tour. that's all for now but the sure to tune in for a morning is at the top of the hour in the meantime you can live on t v dot com for more news updates thanks for watching.

more on human rights -- when he was in philippines, embracing the strongman leader of the philippines, there was no sign of any tension, any concerns being raised by the president, noecially in public and science he raised in private either about the deadly campaign that the president has gone on to take office more than a year ago that has killed estimates of thousands of people in a violent campaign against drug use. again, these are things that show raising issues like -- human rights show what america stands for in the world and in the region. is sending a different signal to the people of the region when we do not directly addressed concerns like this. post: what is the impact? what do these countries do? what strategic decisions do they make or do you see the making because of this? michael: i think the ramifications of the anxiety of the region are clear. first, president trump and -- in one of his first acts rid -- withdrew the united states from a transatlantic partnership. that was something america had tried to forge. president trump has withdrawn from that. with it he has

and it's also the last leg of the president's asia tour all eyes will be on how he deals with the philippines controversial president ready to go to task also coming up the. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy visits barcelona for the first time since imposing direct rule on catalonia and as regional elections loom over the whole link spain's economic recovery to removing pro independence parties from power. plus a first for the arab world to the move abra dobby opens its doors to the public the billion dollar projects promises to act as a bridge between east and west through the medium of art. i'm gonna welcome to the program u.s. presidents donald trump pozza arrives in the on the last leg of his official tour of asia and it's the longest trip by u.s. leader. to the reason trump has an ambitious agenda he has welcomed or he was welcomed rather to the philippines by his host president rodrigo the two will attend the summit of asia pacific leaders and they're also expected to hold bilateral talks the protesters were ready for him flag burning and banned trump chance met by police water canno

relies on the philippines and their bases in the philippines to project power and their region but the philippines because of its location in the south china sea and in the pacific and its utility as a host of massive u.s. military bases serves as a reason stronghold of u.s. influence which many see as having declined in comparison to a rising china but in twenty fifteen the the philippines were handed a world court they said that they have the right to the territorial just. their china laws but their tears came into power and now he just said he basically why waste time even trying to take that position just do deals open golf courses get the trade flowing and this will you know temper down their jihadi is on because they'll be too busy on the back nine you know with a double nasty bet against their friend mom a winner in a few bucks so they can go downtown and smoke a pipe they don't need to be warrant on each other and we can all get along on trump's golf course this whole focus since that whole third way tony blair bill clinton sort of politics where everything is about this notion

what would make it a success for the president to leave the philippines?hat would make it a success? >> i think a success would be conveying this message, would be conveying that the united states doesn't tolerate these kinds of abuses, yet, opening the door to negotiation and conversation, not necessarily friendship. i think that is what you're looking for with diplomacy. >> errol louis and julian zeleny, we appreciate your perspectives. thank you. >> thank ou. >>> can we take that shot of the arrivals live? take it full here? we are awaiting president trump arriving here. we have seen several world leaders pull up here for the welcome ceremony in manila at the start of this summit. there will be an official welcome and we hope to hear from president trump this morning. if that happens, we will bring this to you. again, live pictures from man a manila. >>> a former deputy district attorney who worked with alabama senate nominee roy moore back in the 1970s. coming up, hear what she says was common knowledge about his dating life at the time. needles. esse

trumps not welcome protests in the philippines as the u.s. president meets as the enemy does saudi arabia says it will reopen yemen's apples to allow much needed aid for millions of people on the brink of starvation. a crime against humanity amnesty international details the syrian government's surrender all story of campaign against civilians. well than two hundred people have died in a powerful seven point three magnitude earthquake that struck near iraq's border with iran another two and a half thousand people have been injured the epicenter was actually iraq thirty kilometers southwest of the town of her it cools widespread damage in both countries charlotte ballasts reports a hospital homes with the wounded in western iran i found at a party don't point i fell from the balcony it was so fossilized should be a small piece of glass fell on my hand and it got injured but new arrivals from remote towns swelled the hospital to capacity but i thought of those that were during the earthquake my hand hit the glass and the glass broke going into

the philippine president has undergone a brutal crackdown on drugs here in the philippines over the lastear or so. and it's been a mission where he has not only targeted drug dealers but drug users as well. and in that process, human rights groups say he has conducted extra-judicial killings and time and again has violated people's rights and condemned by human rights groups across the globe because of that. the question is will president trump bring that up? will he challenge president duterte about that, something he is very sensitive about when other leaders bring that up. the white house does tell cnn that president trump will bring that up in some respect. there are two sides of the coin. president duterte has said that president trump has praised him for his ongoing fight against drugs. and there is a warm rapport as was described by one official by both men. you have a dichotomy. on one hand, the white house says donald trump will bring up that issue, but on the other hand, they're friendly. so what will be the outcome of that? and what human rights groups are concerned about is i

leader to the region in decades and has an ambitious agenda he was welcome to the philippines by his host president rodrigo deterred say the two will attend the asean some s. of asia pacific leaders and they're also expected to hold bilateral talks the protesters were ready for him flag burning and banned trump chance met by police water cannons in manila president trump has arrived in the philippines the last stop on his five country twelve day visit to asia. at the ozzie and gala dinner the mood was considerably more serene with trump in town the southeast asian development and cooperation group is holding its thirty first summit and marking its fiftieth anniversary despite the display of unity several of those states are in fierce competition for regional influence china has made sweeping claims to the south china sea something the philippines and other which. nations vigorously dispute trump said he'd like to mediate the tense situation an offer that was hardly embraced by philippine president roderigo to. that. nobody. is the big. human rights observers are waiting to see what i

philippine-u.s.idents ascension of the position last may -- assumption of the position last may. there seems to be a good chemistry between president trump and president duterte. we hope it will lead to better relations within the two countries. philippine stocks have been up 20% this year. we are seeing some foreign funds slowly returned back to the market this year as well. what do you think is going to keep foreign investors in the country at a time when philippines is what of the most expensive markets in the region? -- one of the most expensive markets in the region? guest: i think the philippines are a very good investment destination for foreign investors now. our market is up almost 25% from the beginning of the year. the philippine economy is going gdp ofne of the highest asia, second only to china. we have a big infrastructure program that is going to take place starting this year. i think there's a lot of opportunities for foreign investors to come to the philippines. it seems like some of

was from a film by al-jazeera as one of one east program our colleague steve chao was with the philippine military as it made its final push to take back the battle took an unexpected five months much of the city is now in ruins and more than a thousand people are dead but is this really the end of the story some say there are historical grievances in the southern philippines that have yet to be addressed and many are now wondering whether i so will we group and try to make south east asia its new battleground joining us to discuss this from him again city we have rafael cassano he's a journalist of a.b.s. c.b.s. news ace guerrero is am are now youth advocate was displaced from raleigh and steve challe senior present for al-jazeera is one i want to be surprised at how everybody welcome good to have you here steve you take pictures when your reporting and we see behind the scenes a lot as one picture that you shared with us right here on my laptop there really takes this to how did this all get still take so many months ago tell us yes what are we seeing his where is this this was the hous

where the white house says they discussed human rights and the philippine on drugs . ok let's go live to our correspondent who's at that summit rob bride what ship least specifically be looking out for then clearly to president trump is going to have a very sympathetic ear when he mentions his thoughts on north korea. well that's right this is a very receptive audience asked as he and talking about the north korean missile program the asean nations have expressed their alarm of that program and it has to be remembered martin that this week we see a significant milestone if you like it's going to be sixty days tomorrow that we have not had a missile launch a missile test by north korea now this is led to all kinds of speculation at the moment that possibly north korea might be creating the kind of conciliatory atmosphere that might just lead to some sort of dialogue and what's a way to this is recent statements by north korea about trump's visit here to asia now over the weekend they have a dismissed this visit by by trump saying that he is begging for war in their wor

trump not welcomed protests in the philippines as the u.s. president meets asio and leaders. saudi arabia says it will reopen yemen's balls to allow much needed aid for millions of people on the brink of starvation. crimes against humanity amnesty international details the syrian government's surrender all star campaign against civilians. and more than three hundred people have died in iran in a powerful seven point three magnitude. quake that struck just over the border in neighboring iraq almost four thousand people have been injured the epicenter was in iraq it was thirty kilometers southwest of the town of hadera it caused widespread damage in both countries shelob ellis reports. hospital homes with the wounded in western iran i found i fell from a balcony it was so fast as it should be as more pieces of glass fell on my hand and it got injured and new arrivals from remote towns swelled the hospital to capacity but i thought of those that are there some up during the earthquake my hand hit the glass on the glass broke going into my face and hands. the flow is stating as m

trump and the president of the philippines sat side by side and were talking. the president of the philippines has been on fire because of his war on drugs. he told reporters that president trump has praised his handling of the issue. >> he said something about you know you handle it well. >> reporter: this comes after encounters with russian president vladimir putin. president trump believes that russia did not mettle in the 2006 election. but some were confused by president trump's comments. >> it is clear that russians interfered in the election and i don't know why mr. trump downtown -- doesn't acknowledge it. >> people are protesting mr. trump's visit to the nation. >>> trump's visit to the philippines is the last leg of his five nation tour of asia. >> that small church the scene of a horrific massacre hired a service tonight. senator cornen came to sutherland springs. it was in a baseball field and other mourners gathered where there is a white cross for each victim. >> we want to express certain condolences and to him and to his family and to the commun

the united states is treaty bound to defend the philippines should the philippines be attacked. and the philippines is the single largest recipient of u.s. aid in eastern asia. what does that spell out? that means the united states, the united states government has tremendous leverage over in the philippines. and historically speaking, former u.s. presidents have used that power and influence to promote human rights and due process. that is not what president trump did during his meeting with president duterte. >> very quickly before i let you go, joanne, it was not just the bringing up the human rights abuses, it was the optics. and i think some of the language that was used, the fact that duterte serenaded president trump. what message does that send to a global audience? >> well, the two presidents, clearly, are big personalities. and unconventional heads of state. but i think, regardless of their behavior and their optics that they are meeting, this is not the end of the story. the u.s. congress has made clear with serious concerns with duterte's war on drugs. in july, the h

and let me show you the headline of the philippine star. trump to reenergize, a philippine u.s.tnership. that's what the president had to talk about today after the two men met about what he says will be free and fair and open trade, but also took the opportunity to praise what is going on back home. take a listen. >> the united states, since our election on november 8th, has been moving ahead really brilliantly on an economic basis. we have the highest stock market we've ever had. we have the lowest unemployment in 17 years. the value of stocks has risen $5.5 trillion, and companies are moving into the united states. a lot of companies are moving. they're moving back. they want to be there. the enthusiasm levels are the highest ever recorded on the charts. >> reporter: one of the big headlines coming out of his 12-day trip overall is going to be the president's insistence it's a good thing that he builds relationships with leaders who are overseeing authoritarian regimes including xi in china. obviously his meeting with putin of russia, and now duterte who today he said he has

by anthony ok and your in a strange five months off to caption murari city in the philippines i saw has been defeated but take a look at the devastation that has been left behind just a few weeks before the end of the battle al-jazeera went to murali have a look. at me. turner eleven. so i may need. to go on. jets and. protection to my family. but put it to you just watched was from a film by al jazeera as one a one piece program our colleague steve chow was with the philippine military as it made its final push to take back the battle took an unexpected five months much of the city is now in ruins and more than a thousand people are dead but is this really the end of the story some say there are historical grievances in the southern philippines that have yet to be addressed and many are now wondering whether i so will we group and try to make south east asia its new battleground joining us to discuss this from him again city we have rafael cassano he's a journalist of a.b.s. c.b.s. news ace guerrero is am our now you advocate i was displaced from raleigh and steve chelsea epicenter for

the president of the philippines is a colorful character. what is the meeting with him and present trump going to be like. >> that the british understatement. in america we would say highly controversial figure. he has been since he was elected a year ago last summer getting off to a magnificent start. with president obama where he called president told obama the son of a poor, causing president obama to cancel the meeting. he figured president obama would have words about the human rights record. since then things have gotten worse with the drug war. they're not claiming responsibility, but there's been killings here. some 13000 people involved in drugs whether dealers are users who have died in the philippines. we don't know president trump will bring that up in the bilateral meeting. if he does and brings it up and accusatory fashion, sports comply. there's been good cooperation between the united states and philippines, getting rid of isis backbiters in one of the cities which was alluded to in the opening statement. president trump did

donald trump is set to meet the controversial philippine leader rodrigo duterte. dozens of people are killed as a strong earthquake hits the border region between northern iraq and iran. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: the agonising wait. asylum seekers on manus island share their fears, as they expect to be forcibly removed from the australian detention camp. winds of renaissance at mumbai's royal opera house. after decades of renovation, it stages its first italian opera. good morning. it is 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london, and 9:00am in the morning in manila, where president trump is in the philippines to attend the asean summit that is due to get under way shortly. he is set to meet the controversial leader rodrigo duterte, whose drug war has claimed thousands of lives. earlier, leaders gathered for a gala dinner in manila and signed a number of trade agreements with hong kong. joining us from manila is the bbc‘s howard johnson. president rodrigo duterte‘s drug war has been controversial. it has claimed thousands of lives, and leaders